• RBWells@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    Free will. I want to believe I can do as I please and am making decisions that could go either way. But I think it more likely that time is just unwinding, every action a result of some previous actions, all the way back to the big bang and it’s impossible to step out of this stream.

  • multifariace@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    That rational and empirical evidence would cause people to reconsider their intuitive perspectives and lead into constructive conversation.

  • 𒉀TheGuyTM3𒉁@lemmy.ml
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    4 days ago

    A thing beyond our understanding on this world, I wish that thoses humans on top of the world would understand at least once that they can’t control everything, and that the world stays full of wonder.

    I would have said also yōkais, but i actually believe in them so it doesn’t count i suppose.

  • Kwakigra@beehaw.org
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    5 days ago

    That Democracy can be an effective check on Capitalism. Liberalism is my favorite fairy tale. If all the propaganda I was fed as a kid in the 90s was actually true, I’d be in paradise.

  • kingthrillgore@lemmy.ml
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    5 days ago

    The world was ruled by the Illuminati and they were compassionate about it. Because what we are ruled by is a bunch of assholes.

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      LOL. This is great! A few weeks ago the illuminati was some sort of boogeyman. Today, things are so bad @KingThrillgore@lemmy.ml is praying for boogeyman to be real. There are some genuinely great answers here but I really identify with this one, personally.

    • Azal@pawb.social
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      I’ll admit, my disbelief in afterlife really doesn’t make me fear death because while it’s boring, it’s only boring for everyone else. For the person dead it’s nothing. Boring is a sensation, and death has none of that either. It’s neither good nor bad, just nothing.

  • Alice@beehaw.org
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    5 days ago

    Heaven. Or just the idea that some part of the consciousness outlives the body. I really hate that this is all I get, there’s so much I’ll never get to do just because my parents decided when I was too young to decide for myself.

    • lightnsfw@reddthat.com
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      4 days ago

      I found a wallet on the ground by a truck outside a store recently that had a lot of cash in it. I looked at the license and while I was heading in to see if they could call the owner I saw the guy rushing back out of the store looking panicked. I gave him his wallet back and he acted like I was the one that took it from him. If I was gonna steal from you I’d have cleaned it out and tossed it asshole. Then later when I mentioned that id found a wallet and returned my coworkers were all giving me shit for not just stealing his money. Not one person out of 8 had any opinion other than just steal it. I already don’t have a great opinion of people but that really reinforced my opinion.